Neil Young + Promise Of The Real Release New Studio Album THE VISITOR Today

Neil Young + Promise Of The Real release their brand new studio album The Visitor today via Reprise Records in stores and via all digital music retailers. The vinyl edition will follow on January 5th, 2018. For those who have preordered, Young has already shared the first track, "Already Great." A brand new video for "Already Great" launches today.

To celebrate, Neil Young is going home to perform in a venue he has never played for a one-time-only live solo performance in a classic small theater in a town in north Ontario, Canada. Coming full circle, the hall was built by the same architect who created Massey Hall and harkens back to a simpler time. On December 1st, Neil is going to spin a little magic right there in his Home Town streaming live to a global community on Facebook Live.

Funds raised via the donate button on Facebook from the "Home Town" show will benefit the Bridge School. In Canada, funds raised from the donate button will go to a scholarship at the Scott Young Public School in Omemee, Ontario. CTV Canada in partnership with Shakey Pictures will broadcast the concert live in Canada only. For further information go to: https://www.ctv.ca

"I'm a Canadian by the way and I love the USA," he sings on the first song "Already Great." Neil Young was ready to take a musical journey on his new album The Visitor like he had never taken before, one where he'd even surprise himself, always the mark of a creative leap. By the end of the recording sessions, he knew he'd made his most diverse album going all the way back to Harvest in 1972, when America was also in the throes of becoming unhinged, came to be.

Neil Young didn't blink then, and he is not blinking now. The Visitor is an intriguing and always exciting peek into the mind and heart of one of rock & roll's true seekers. Neil Young has wandered a wide path since coming to Los Angeles from Canada over 50 years ago. During those many decades he has established an immediately apparent individualism that cannot be predicted. It has always been what marks Young's music. His new songs, whether it's a mashup of spoken word and rock & roll on "Fly By Night" or the heart-stopping beauty of "Forever," once again ask listeners to stay open and ready for whatever comes through the open channels of the man and his unstoppable band.

Listening to an album like The Visitor is not unlike taking off on a cross-country trip without a map. There is no way to tell where the destination will lead or what will be encountered. At one moment the savage rock of "Stand Tall" leads into Caribbean and Latin musical strains rising through on "Carnival," only to turn around to embrace the blues on "Digging a Hole." There is also the modern funk-rock of "When Bad Got Good," the anthemic "Children of Destiny" and the spirit-tugging strength of "Change of Heart" to ensure the musical travels remain full of wonder. With the unlimited ability of Promise of the Real, featuring Lukas and Michah Nelson along with Corey McCormick, Anthony Logerfo and Tato Melgar, the passionate power of their playing pushes the songs to maximum expression. There are very few rock bands now who can go to as many places as this outfit and always deliver their own distinct identity.

The closing song on The Visitor feels like a prayer for today and tomorrow. In "Forever," Neil Young sings "Earth is like a church without a preacher, the people have to pray for themselves." These lines, and everything else on this landmark release point to the future in a way that sounds the alarm for troubled times but at the same time offers hope that, once again, music can help lead the way to understanding and hopefully a better place.

Today Neil Young walks in his own footsteps, just as he has done since his first days venturing into neighborhood clubs in Canada when he was still a teenager. He has a guitar, he has a voice and he has songs that express a unique way of looking at the world. And once again he is ready to tell us where we've been and just maybe where we might be heading. By listening we can join together and share the challenges and find a way forward together. Once again.

In 2015, Neil Young + Promise Of The Real released The Monsanto Years. It bowed at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, #4 on the Billboard Rock Albums Chart, and #2 on the Billboard Folk Albums Chart. It received acclaim from Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and more. They followed up The Monsanto Years with 2016's live album, Earth. The Visitor is the next step on their collective journey together.

The Visitor Tracklisting:

Side 1:

1. Already Great
2. Fly By Night Deal
3. Almost Always
4. Stand Tall

Side 2:

1. Change Of Heart
2. Carnival
3. Diggin' A Hole

Side 3:

1. Children Of Destiny
2. When Bad Got Good
3. Forever

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